خوب نشنیدم
“خوب نشنیدم” (khub nashenidam) — I did not catch that, did not hear well in Persian. Phrase, level B1. Our prefix is delivered by an adverb: "I did not hear well". The same heard — in "I heard that...". I did not catch the voice on the phone, says the example. In a live sentence: “صدای گوشی خوب نشنیدم” — I did not catch the voice on the phone. Written with the characters خ, و, ب, ن, ش, ن, ی, د, م.
In short
| Written in Persian | خوب نشنیدم |
| Read in Latin letters | khub nashenidam |
| Translation | I did not catch that, did not hear well |
| Part of speech | phrase |
| Level | B1 |
Why it looks that way
Our prefix is delivered by an adverb: "I did not hear well". The same heard — in "I heard that...". I did not catch the voice on the phone, says the example
A word with a story stays in memory longer than one learned as a “spelling — translation” pair: memory holds on to meaning, not to a string.
In a live sentence
A single word almost never appears alone in conversation. A sentence shows where it fits and what stands next to it.
- صدای گوشی خوب نشنیدمsedâye gushi khub nashenidamI did not catch the voice on the phone
How not to forget this word
Reading a word and remembering it are different jobs. A day later, little survives of a single reading — and that is not bad memory, that is how memory works.
- This has been tested on foreign words too. The difference shows up most when you test yourself a few days later rather than straight away.checked many timesKim & Webb, 2022, Language Learning 72(2) · 48 experiments, 3,411 participants, 98 comparisons.
- Recalling beats re-reading. Covering the translation and trying to remember it does more than reading it ten more times.checked many timesAdesope, Trevisan & Sundararajan, 2017, Review of Educational Research 87(3) · 188 experiments, 272 comparisons. g = 0.61; against plain re-reading 0.51, against passive review 0.93.
- An answer you worked out yourself sticks better than one handed to you.checked many timesBertsch et al., 2007, Memory & Cognition 35(2) · 86 studies, 445 comparisons, d = 0.40.
Frequently asked
How do you say “I did not catch that, did not hear well” in Persian?
«خوب نشنیدم», read “khub nashenidam”. In a live sentence: “صدای گوشی خوب نشنیدم” — I did not catch the voice on the phone. Phrase, level B1; written with the characters خ, و, ب, ن, ش, ن, ی, د, م.
How is “خوب نشنیدم” written in Latin letters?
khub nashenidam. This is a practical spelling — you need it to read aloud and be understood, not to meet an academic standard.
Why does this word look the way it does?
Our prefix is delivered by an adverb: "I did not hear well". The same heard — in "I heard that...". I did not catch the voice on the phone, says the example. A word with a story stays in memory longer than a “spelling — translation” pair: memory holds on to meaning, not to a string.